LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The barrister for Gold Coast doctor Mohamed Haneef today launched an attack on the open-ended nature of Australia’s tough anti-terror laws.
His comments came outside Brisbane Magistrates Court after his client was granted $10,000 bail on charges of recklessly providing support to a terrorist organisation.
“When you pass legislation that gives a police service in any part of the world powers, it just becomes part of the toolkit,” said Stephen Keim, QC, who was not permitted to discuss the case under Queensland law until today.
“Then those police officers who are required to use it, without being wicked or vindictive in any way, they simply say ‘well this is a power we have been given, our job is to catch crooks and we will use this power, we will keep on making applications’.”
